1 Kings 4:21

4:21 (5:1) ¹  Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River ²  to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon’s subjects throughout his lifetime. ³ 

1 Kings 16:2

16:2 “I raised you up ⁴  from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam’s footsteps ⁵  and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. ⁶ 

1 Kings 16:16

16:16 While deployed there, the army received this report: ⁷  “Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him.” ⁸  So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.

¹ sn Beginning with 4:21, the verse numbers through 5:18 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 4:21 ET = 5:1 HT, 4:22 ET = 5:2 HT, etc., through 5:18 ET = 5:32 HT. Beginning with 6:1 the numbering of verses in the English Bible and the Hebrew text is again the same.

² tn Heb “the River” (also in v. 24). This is the standard designation for the Euphrates River in biblical Hebrew.

³ tn Heb “[They] were bringing tribute and were serving Solomon all the days of his life.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew text has “because” at the beginning of the sentence. In the Hebrew text vv. 2-3 are one sentence comprised of a causal clause giving the reason for divine punishment (v. 2) and the main clause announcing the punishment (v. 3). The translation divides this sentence for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “walked in the way of Jeroboam.”

⁶ tn Heb “angering me by their sins.”

⁷ tn Heb “and the people who were encamped heard.”

⁸ tn Heb “has conspired against and also has struck down the king.”